Three Kingdoms: My wife invited me out of the mountain to ascend the throne while living in seclusio

What Liu Chuan wants to teach Jia Xu and the others is woodblock printing.

In fact, he originally wanted to teach movable type printing, but after some consideration, the current level is not suitable for teaching.

You know. Movable type printing was invented in the Song Dynasty, but the block printing invented in the Tang Dynasty is still widely used.

Not to mention the Song Dynasty, even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, block printing was still widely used.

Why is this so?
Because the conditions required by movable type printing are not a little bit high, and it cannot be realized by taking it for granted.

For example, technical issues, the material requirements for making movable type are very high, and ordinary wood is easy to deform, and it will break after a few times of use.

Moreover, it is also very difficult to fix movable type, and if it is not fixed well, the printed characters will be crooked and unreadable at all.

If metal materials are used for movable type, the oil ink used in this era is not viscous enough to stick to the movable type well, and the printed characters are not clear.

Besides.

The number of Chinese characters is relatively large, thousands of characters, but at this time there is no pinyin, so the classification is very troublesome, and the difficulty of typesetting is very high.

Therefore, for many reasons, movable type printing is not the most suitable choice for the current conditions.

of course.

In the future, Liu Chuan will definitely bring out movable type printing, but he will have to wait until other technologies are mature.

What's more, woodblock printing is the technical foundation of movable type printing, so teaching woodblock printing first and then teaching movable type printing will get twice the result with half the effort.

"What is woodblock printing? Let me give you a demonstration first."

"Look, we first paste the neatly copied manuscripts on a smooth wooden board of a certain thickness."

"The quality of this paper is good. It needs thin and almost transparent manuscript paper. The front side should be attached to the wood board, so that the strokes of the characters can be clearly distinguished, and it is easy to make a reverse body."

"Then we used a carving knife to cut off the part of the page that was not written, and it became a convex inscription, which is completely opposite to the inscribed inscription on the stele that you have seen."

"When printing, ink is applied to the raised characters, and then the paper is covered on top of it, and the back of the paper is gently wiped, and the writing remains on the paper."

While explaining, Liu Chuan carved a few words in Yangwen at random, and gave a demonstration to Jia Xu, Zhuge Liang and others.

Both Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu are smart people, so they can understand the principle at a glance, and they can also see the ingenuity of engraving and printing.

"Brother Jiuru, but... isn't the printing speed a bit slow?"

"Carving takes a lot of time, and you can't make mistakes. I think it's not as fast as writing."

Zuo Ci thought for a while and raised his question.

"Mr. Wu Jiao asked a good question!"

Liu Chuan nodded appreciatively, then he asked back:
"If it's an article, you may write it by hand faster than me."

"But what if I want to write a hundred copies of this article, a thousand copies, or even more?"

When Zuo Ci heard this, he was stunned.

Yes!

Three or five copies of handwriting are faster than woodblock printing, but if the quantity is large, how can it compare to Liu Chuan's printing?
He only needs to hold the engraving block, duk duk duk duk duk duk duk duk duk...print one after another, and no matter how fast handwriting is, how can it compare to printing?
"Brother Jiu Ru's idea is really extraordinary. Such a method is so ingenious and unparalleled that only Brother Jiu Ru can think of it!"

Zhuge Liang's eyes glowed, admiring him very much.

Zuo Ci has not yet understood the meaning behind this method, but he has already thought of a lot.

After all, Zhuge Liang's thinking is different from Zuo Ci's.

His thinking is at the level of a counselor, and everything he thinks and thinks about is for development, for the public!

So the first thing to think about is the meaning behind it.

"Brother Jiuru's method is really wonderful."

"Haha... I, Jia, have opened my eyes!"

Jia Xu praised with great admiration.

He also thought of the meaning behind the art of engraving and printing.

Books are necessary for cultural inheritance, but this printing technique can quickly print books, so the significance of cultural inheritance is too great.

Books in this era are no different from luxury goods, and the cost of making a book is extremely high.

and so.

Liu Chuan's woodblock printing is a sharp tool for the production of luxury goods, and the significance behind it is self-evident.

Jia Xu was very excited.

This was the first time he saw Liu Chuanlu with his own eyes.

"call!"

Suddenly, Jia Xu thought of something.

His eyes widened, his heart was terrified, and his breathing became short of breath.

"The technique of engraving and printing is so precious and secret... Brother Jiuru taught me without any secrets?"

"What the hell is brother Jiuru thinking?"

Jia Xu's heart was beating non-stop.

He can imagine that if the art of engraving and printing is dedicated to Cao Cao, he will definitely get a lot of rewards.

It is even possible that Cao Cao invited him to eat venison together.

but.

Such a precious technique. Liu Chuan taught them easily, and he still looked like he didn't care.

"He... must really regard Jia as one of his own!"

"Otherwise, how could brother Jiuru teach me such a precious method?"

Jia Xu was moved for a while, and her thoughts naturally took off.

He felt very lucky... Fortunately, Xun Yu lost him and stayed here!
Otherwise, how can there be a chance to see and learn this kind of magical technique?
That's right!

Jia Xu felt that Liu Chuan taught him because he trusted him, so he found a strong sense of presence in Liu Chuan.

I feel that Liu Chuan was too honest with him to teach him such a valuable technique.

He is completely different from Zhuge Liang.

Because Zhuge Liang always thought that Liu Chuan wanted to be a vassal, but he didn't give him a confession because Liu Chuan didn't trust him.

Ah!
Kong Ming often expresses balls of sadness for not being able to enter Liu Chuan's heart.

however.

Liu Chuan didn't care about the "talent" of these two dramas.

I just teach you because I have something to do!
Otherwise... how can I be so kind, I don't have that kind of carelessness.

I, Liu, are very busy. Wouldn’t it be nice to release pigeons to catch female fanciers?

Oh yes!
The reason why Jia Xu was taught this technique was, in the final analysis, for Madam, for the great cause of my Madam.

It's just that he didn't expect woodblock printing to have such a great impact on Jia Xu and the others.

"Hey, I have never seen the world before!"

Liu Chuan shook his head.

If movable type printing is used, wouldn't you be more excited and surprised?

"You have also learned what you should learn. I have two important tasks that I will leave to you to do."

At this time, Liu Chuan said.

After teaching something, doing things is his real purpose.

"Two major events?"

Zhuge Liang and the others' eyes lit up in an instant, and they immediately became interested.

Something that can be called a major event by Liu Chuan must be extraordinary!

They were all curious.